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1973Original Wraps. 8vo. 316 pages. 24 cm. First edition. 'Organized Resistance of Jews in France, 1940-1944.' With a preface by Vladimir Pozner. History of Jewish Partisans who fought with FTP-MOI (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans de la Main d'Oeuvre Immigrée) . Contains eight pages of plates. Subjects: Jews - France. World War, 1939-1945 - Jewish resistance - France. Juifs - France. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Mouvements de résistance - Juifs. Light soiling to outer edges, wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-10)
1936Original Wraps. 4to. 16 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'To Aid; For the Political Prisoners in Poland. ' Contains articles on Pogroms in Poland, Amnesty Campaigns, news from various cities and towns, contributions from Patronati circles, etc. Important Landsmanschaften periodical to organize the campaign to free political prisoners in Poland and to fight Polish anti-semitism; in the interwar period, there was a disproportianate number of Jewish political prisoners, many of whom were arrested for participating in communist demonstrations, having communist brochures, or helping political prisoners. The Patronati in America were organizations whose sole task was to aid the political prisoners in Poland. The patronati are supported by all types of landsmanschaften, not only by the radically-minded branches but also by those who are politically more conservative, once they learn of the sad plight of acquaintances or of the children of landsmen rotting in Polish dungeons. - The Present State of the Landsmanschaften, by I. E. Rontch. Subjects: Political prisoners - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Persecutions - Poland Periodicals. OCLC lists 6 copies (NYPL, OSU, HUC, Harvard, Brandeis, CJH) . Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-12)
1936Original Wraps. 4to. 20 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'To Aid; For the Political Prisoners in Poland. ' Contains opening announcement for immediate help to victims of fascist pogroms in Krakow, Czenstochover, and Lemberg, with further articles detailing the pogroms; anti-semitic events in various towns, conditions of political prisoners, news and contributions from various Patronati. Important Landsmanschaften periodical to organize the campaign to free political prisoners in Poland and to fight Polish anti-semitism; in the interwar period, there was a disproportianate number of Jewish political prisoners, many of whom were arrested for participating in communist demonstrations, having communist brochures, or helping political prisoners. The Patronati in America were organizations whose sole task was to aid the political prisoners in Poland. The patronati are supported by all types of landsmanschaften, not only by the radically-minded branches but also by those who are politically more conservative, once they learn of the sad plight of acquaintances or of the children of landsmen rotting in Polish dungeons. - The Present State of the Landsmanschaften, by I. E. Rontch. Subjects: Political prisoners - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Persecutions - Poland Periodicals. OCLC lists 6 copies (NYPL, OSU, HUC, Harvard, Brandeis, CJH) . Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-13)
1936Original Wraps. 4to. 24 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'To Aid; For the Political Prisoners in Poland. ' Contains opening illustration of 'Democracy in Poland', essay on 'Whither Polish Jews in America? ', Patronati groups founded in Latin America, Jewish life in Poland, news of fascist terror in various Polish towns and cities, news and contributions from various Patronati. Important Landsmanschaften periodical to organize the campaign to free political prisoners in Poland and to fight Polish anti-semitism; in the interwar period, there was a disproportianate number of Jewish political prisoners, many of whom were arrested for participating in communist demonstrations, having communist brochures, or helping political prisoners. The Patronati in America were organizations whose sole task was to aid the political prisoners in Poland. The patronati are supported by all types of landsmanschaften, not only by the radically-minded branches but also by those who are politically more conservative, once they learn of the sad plight of acquaintances or of the children of landsmen rotting in Polish dungeons. - The Present State of the Landsmanschaften, by I. E. Rontch. Subjects: Political prisoners - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Persecutions - Poland Periodicals. OCLC lists 6 copies (NYPL, OSU, HUC, Harvard, Brandeis, CJH) . Wraps bumped at edges, with corner tears; light soiling to wraps; some pen marks in margins throughout; otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-117-14)
1937Original Wraps. 4to. 24 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'To Aid; For the Political Prisoners in Poland. ' Bound in illustrated wraps, printed in red ink. Contains opening article on Yiddish Writers in Polish Concentration Camps; articles on The Struggle against Fascism in Poland, Political Prisoner Camps, The First of May in a Polish Jail, list of political prisoners and their sentences, announcement for the jubilee celebration of the fifth year of the Bialystoker Patronati, news from various Patronati. Important Landsmanschaften periodical to organize the campaign to free political prisoners in Poland and to fight Polish anti-semitism; in the interwar period, there was a disproportianate number of Jewish political prisoners, many of whom were arrested for participating in communist demonstrations, having communist brochures, or helping political prisoners. The Patronati in America were organizations whose sole task was to aid the political prisoners in Poland. The patronati are supported by all types of landsmanschaften, not only by the radically-minded branches but also by those who are politically more conservative, once they learn of the sad plight of acquaintances or of the children of landsmen rotting in Polish dungeons. - The Present State of the Landsmanschaften, by I. E. Rontch. Subjects: Political prisoners - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Persecutions - Poland Periodicals. OCLC lists 6 copies (NYPL, OSU, HUC, Harvard, Brandeis, CJH) . Spine repaired, bumped at edges; light edge wear, light soiling throughout, overall clean and fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-117-15)
1938Original Wraps. 4to. 36 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'To Aid; For the Political Prisoners in Poland. ' Bound in illustrated wraps, depicting homeless children of political prisoners. Rear wrap has advertisement for the performance of 'Brothers Ashkenazi' by I. J. Singer at the Yiddish Art Theatre. Articles on the Struggle Against Fascism in Poland, Police Terror, Antisemitic Acts in Polish towns, news from Patronati groups, etc. Contains 7 illustrations throughout (including examples of Polish anti-semitic propaganda) . Important Landsmanschaften periodical to organize the campaign to free political prisoners in Poland and to fight Polish anti-semitism; in the interwar period, there was a disproportianate number of Jewish political prisoners, many of whom were poor working class Polish Jews arrested for participating in demonstrations, caught with communist brochures, or helping other political prisoners. The Patronati in America were organizations whose task was to aid the political prisoners in Poland. The patronati are supported by all types of landsmanschaften, not only by the radically-minded branches but also by those who are politically more conservative, once they learn of the sad plight of acquaintances or of the children of landsmen rotting in Polish dungeons. - The Present State of the Landsmanschaften, by I. E. Rontch. Subjects: Political prisoners - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Poland - Periodicals. Jews - Persecutions - Poland Periodicals. OCLC lists 6 copies (NYPL, OSU, HUC, Harvard, Brandeis, CJH) . Some soiling to wraps, some tears to edges of wraps, lightly bumped edges, light soiling throughout, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (HOLO2-117-16)
1950Original Wraps. 4to. 72 pages. 31 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'Pen and Ink; Literary Monthly. ' Volume 1, Number 4 [Daled]; September 1950. "Literarisher hoydesh-zshurnal. " "Gershon Pomerantz, editor and publisher. " Final Issue of Tint un Feder, which ran for four issues in 1950. With front photograph of novelist and short story writer Joseph Opatoshu on wraps; includes important selection of Opatoshu's correspondence (with Yehoash, Zalman Reizen, Peretz Hirshbein, etc. ) . Contains numerous essays, biographical statements, and literary criticism on various Yiddish writers; major section on Abraham Sutzkever's work; Yiddish writers in Rumania in the interwar period; poem by Chaim Grade; Yiddish in Israel; with poetry from the Vilna ghetto by Chaim Semiatitski; and poetry by H. Leivick. Subjects: Yiddish literature - Periodicals. Yiddish literature - History and criticism - Periodicals. Jews - Canada Periodicals. OCLC lists 14 copies. Light soiling to wraps, otherwise fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-18)
1960Original Cloth. Folio (large) . 187, [4] pages. 34 cm. First edition. In German, Russian, French and English. Attractively printed and bound multilingual dedication book for the Buchenwald Memorial; includes preface, speeches, and text by Herbert Sandberg; pages 65-159 illustrated, detailing the history of Buchenwald, photographs of the liberation, post-war memorial ceremonies, opening of the Buchenwald Memorial, extensive photographs of various portions of the Memorial; last pages contain the Buchenwald Oath and Pledge. Contains list of sculptors, architects, workers, artists, etc. Who worked on the Buchenwald Memorial. Published by the Komitee der Antifaschistischen Widerstandskämpfer (KdAW) [Committee of Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters]. Subjects: Buchenwald (Concentration camp) . Memorial. OCLC lists 20 copies. Light wear to cloth, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-20)
1960Original Wraps. 8vo. 373, [4] pages. 24 cm. In Polish. 'Memoirs of Rudolf Hoess; Kommandant in Auschwitz. ' Translated into Polish by Jan Sehn; first published 1956. At head of title: Glowna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce (Central Commission for Investigation of German Crimes in Poland) . Subjects: Höss, Rudolf, 1900-1947. Hoess, Rudolf, 1900-1947. World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, German. Auschwitz (Concentration Camp) OCLC lists 7 copies of second edition. Wraps soiled, with some chipping on back wrap; some pages aged; otherwise fresh. Good condition. (HOLO2-117-21)
1958Original Wraps. 8vo. 477 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Polish. 'Diary from the Years of Occupation, 1939-44'. Diary of Zygmunt Klukowski (1885- 1959) , a doctor in the town of Szcebrezezyn, in the southeastern corner of Poland, who saw brief service in the military in 1939. After the defeat by the Nazis, he returned home, where, through untiring perseverance and dedication, he kept the local hospital in operation during the entire war. He maintained his diary despite constant harassment by the Nazis, crafting each entry with a balance and care that is quietly moving and historically invaluable. His entries regarding the treatment of Jews in Szcebrezezyn are of special interest, as are his general descriptions of German policies. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Poland - Zamosc. World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, Polish. Wojna swiatowa (1939-1945) - opieka medyczna - Polska - Zamosc (region) - relacje osobiste. Klukowski, Zygmunt (1855-1959) - dziennik intymny. World War (1939-1945) . OCLC lists 14 copies. Wraps worn, loose; light bumping to edges; otherwise fresh. Good condition. (HOLO2-117-23)
1982Original Cloth. 8vo. 483, [28] pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Polish. 'The Underground Relief Council for Jews in Warsaw, 1942-1945'. Important history of the Council for Aid to Jews (codenamed Zegota) , a Polish underground organization created in the latter part of 1942 and which operated primarily in the Warsaw area; the organization saved, assisted, and hid some thousands of Polish Jews. Contains 53 illustrations, 80 pages of source documents and name register. With English summary at rear. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue - Poland - Warsaw. Jews - Poland - Warsaw - History. Jews. Rada Pomocy Zydom "Zegota. " Rada Pomocy Zydom "Zegota". Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) . World War (1939-1945) . History. Warsaw (Poland) - History. Light wear to jacket, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-117-24)
1983Original Cloth. 8vo. 669 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Polish. 'The Gehenna of the Jews'. History of the holocaust in Poland, written by Eugene Fafara (1917-1999) , organizer of Polish peasant resistance and member of the Polish Peasant Party. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Poland. Judenverfolgung. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) History. Poland - History - Occupation, 1939-1945. From the library of Morris Wyszogrod. Clean and fresh in good jacket. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-117-25)
1946Original Cloth. 8vo. 495; 607; 732 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Complete three volume set of documentary Materials relating to the cause of Poland during World War II. Volume one, March 1939-August 1941; Volume two, Fall 1941-Spring 1944; Volume three, Summer 1944-Summer 1945. Compiled and edited by Waclaw Jedrzejewicz, with the assistance of Pauline C. Ramsey. Józef Pillsudski Institute of America for research in the Modern History of Poland. New York. Documents series; no. 1. Contains errata slip laid in two volumes two and three. Illustrations and maps throughout. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Poland. International relations. Great Britain. Parliament - History - 20th century. Great Britain. Parliament. World War (1939-1945) Great Britain - Foreign relations - Poland. Poland - Foreign relations - Great Britain. Attractive set in very good jackets. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-117-26)
2004Original Wraps. 8vo. Unpaginated [appx 160 pages]. 23 x 23 cm. First edition. 20Th Annual Tribute Dinner, Sunday, November 7, 2004. Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, New York City. Chairman, Eli Zborowski. Honorary Chairman, Elie Wiesel. Steven Spielberg, general Chairmen. Large commemoration book issued at the Tribute Dinner, profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, both contemporary and from the interwar, holocaust, and post-war period; from Benefactors, Patrons, Supporters, and Friends. Many pages devoted to Yad Vashem. Subjects: Yad Vashem Tribute Dinner Holocaust Survivors. 20Th Anniversary Tribute Dinner. None on OCLC. Clean and fresh. Very good + condition. Surprisingly scarce. (HOLO2-117-31)
1989Original Cloth. 4to. IX, 118 pages. 29 cm. First edition. Inscribed by Valeria Furth, 1991, on titlepage. Contains memories and dozens of color reproductions of the paintings of Valeria Jakober Furth (1926-2011) ; born in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia. Deported to Auschwitz in 1944, she was liberated in April 1945. She emigrated to New York in 1948 and married her devoted Frank in 1949. They were together for 52 years. Valerie studied with Louise Nevelson and became an accomplished painter and sculptor. In the mid-1970s she began a series of paintings and sculptures from her Holocaust experiences. She then published a book, Cabbages and Geraniums, and told her story in schools and communities. Valerie and Frank were Benefactors of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. - NY Times Obituary, March 24, 2011. Subjects: Jews - Ukraine - Mukacheve - Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Ukraine - Mukacheve - Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) , in art. Judenverfolgung Erlebnisbericht Bildband Autobiographie Judenvernichtung Furth, Valerie Jakober. Furth, Valerie Jakober Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Mukacheve (Ukraine) Biography. Light wear to jacket, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-117-33)
1993Original Wraps. 8vo. 23 pages. 21 cm. First edition. Published by Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Museum of Danish Resistance 1940-1945; text, Therkel Stræde; editor, H. Rovsing Olsen. With 45 illustrations, some in color. Brochure, containing a condensed survey of Jewish history in Denmark, the nazi occcupation, Resistance in Denmark, and the rescue of Danish Jews. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Rescue - Denmark. Jews - Persecutions - Denmark. Joden. Hulpverlening. Verzetsbewegingen. Ethnic relations. Jews - Persecutions. German Occupation of Denmark (1940-1945) Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) World War (1939-1945) History. 1940 - 1945 Denmark - History - German occupation, 1940-1945. Light shelf wear, otherwise very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-34) xxxxx
1942Original Wraps. 16mo. 113 pages. 17 cm. Sailor's, soldier's and airmen's edition. In Hebrew and English. Hebrew text, revised translation with commentary by The Chief Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz. The scarcer 1942 edition (the 1943 edition is far more common) . This reprint is subventioned by Mr. Henry Green and Family in Memory of Hannah Keila Green. Pirke Avot for British sailors, soldiers, and airmen, with commentary by Chief Rabbi Joseph Herman Hertz (1872-1946) : born in Slovakia, but moved to the United States of America in 1884. He graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York in 1894. He was rabbi of Adath Yeshuran Congregation, Syracuse, 1894-6, rabbi at Johannesburg, 1899-1911, rabbi at the Orach Chaim Congregation, New York, 1911-13, and Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, 1913-46.- Papers of Chief Rabbi J. H. Hertz Subjects: Jewish soldiers - Religious life - Great Britain. Jewish soldiers - Religious life. Commentaries. Great Britain. Mishnah. Avot - Commentaries. OCLC lists 17 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-117-36)
1944Original Cloth. 8vo. XII, 355 pages. 24 cm. First edition. A detailed description of the results of the Nazis' attempt to impose their racial doctrines in western Czechoslovakia, with a focus on racial laws and the depopulation of the Jewish communities. Contains statistics, decrees, etc. Subjects: Race. Jews - Legal status, laws, etc. - Czech Republic - Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) Germans - Legal status, laws, etc. - Czech Republic - Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) Czechs - Legal status, laws, etc. - Czech Republic - Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Czechoslovakia World War, 1939-1945 - Czechoslovakia. Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 - Czechoslovakia. Jews - Czechoslovakia. Light wear to cloth, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-41) xx
1964Original Cloth. 8vo. 368 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Hungarian. 'The Teleki government's foreign policy, 1939-1941'. History of Hungarian governmental policies and diplomacy in the period of the beginning of the second world war, with a focus on Pál Janos Ede Count Teleki de Szék (1 November 1879 3 April 1941) prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary from 16 February 1939 to 3 April 1941. He is a controversial figure in Hungarian history because as Prime Minister he tried to preserve Hungarian autonomy under difficult political circumstances, but also proposed and enacted far-reaching anti-Jewish laws. Published under the auspices of the 'History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences'. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history. Teleki, Pál, gróf, 1879-1941. Teleki, Pál. Hungary - History - 1918-1945. Hungary - Foreign relations. Jacket torn at edges, internally clean and fresh. Very good condition in fair jacket. (HOLO2-117-42)
1943Original Cloth. 8vo. 311 pages. 21 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Title page verso: When Poland fell; Ven Poiln is gefaln. Inscribed by Joseph Opatoshu on title page in Yiddish, dated Junet 1943. In the light of the destruction of practically all the great centers of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, the desire to record what can be remembered of a life that may never return, before memory of the past and recent past is completely blotted out, can be readily understood. In this category can be placed Opatoshu's 'When Poland Fell, ' a collection of stories of the years 1939-40 when Poland fell and with it Polish Jewry - American Jewish Year Book, 5704, pg 115. Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Fiction. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) . Light soiling to cloth and outer edges, otherwise very fresh. Very good + condition. An important early Holocaust novel, here inscribed. (HOLO2-117-44)
1946Original Cloth. 8vo. 127 pages. 25 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'The Long Night'. Inscribed by Eliezer Greenberg in Yiddish on endpage. Modernist Yiddish poetry with holocaust themes. Eliezer Greenberg (18961977) , Yiddish poet and literary critic; he edited important anthologies with Irving Howe of translations of Yiddish poetry into English. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Poems. Light wear to cloth, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-45)
1943Original Cloth. 8vo. 64 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'Merciful Father'. With illustrations throughout by Ezekiel Schloss. Holocaust poems by David Einhorn (18861973) , Yiddish poet and publicist. Av Ha-Rahamim is a memorial prayer for Jewish martyrs and martyred communities. This prayer, by an unknown author, was composed in memory of the martyrs massacred in Germany during the First Crusade. It is first known from a prayer book dated 1290. The prayer emphasizes the merit of the martyrs who died for kiddush ha-Shem. - EJ 2008. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Poetry. World War (1939-1945) . Yiddish poetry. Top of backstrip torn, otherwise very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-48)
1963Original Cloth. 8vo. 167 pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Inscribed by Sutzkever on endpage. Title page verso: Sefer ha-yovel li-shenat ha-hamishim shel Avraham Sutskever. 'Anniversary Book for the fiftieth birthday of Abraham Sutzkever. ' Important collection of essays in commemoration of the life and work of Abraham Sutzkever, Yiddish poet, survivor, partisan, and editor of Di Goldene Keyt. Subjects: Sutzkever, Abraham, 1913-2010 - Criticism and interpretation. In tattered jacket. Internally clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-49)
1939Original Wraps. 8vo. 32 pages. 23 cm. First edition thus. Reprint as a brochure for wider distribution of the memorandum submitted to the Intergovernmental Committee by the United Palestine Appeal and the American Emergency Connittee on Palestine Affairs in 1939. With 9 photographic illustrations; outlines the work of the United Palestine Appeal, the work of Keren Hayesod, and the possibilities for more refugees to settle in Palestine; with photographs of German-Jewish children and artisans, now safe in Palestine. Subjects: Refugees. Palestine - Colonization. Middle East Palestine. OCLC lists 17 copies. Light ageing and soiling to wraps, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (HOLO2-117-50)
1938Original Wraps. 8vo. 23 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Pamphlet on Jewish Refugees from Central Europe, arguing for the absorptive capacity of emigration to Palestine. Subjects: Refugees. Jews - Palestine. Economic history. Jews. Palestine - Economic conditions. Middle East Palestine. Exceedinly fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-117-51)
